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Chber Federation Advocacy & Growth Conference The Intercontinental New Orleans, New Orleans, LA September 12-14, 2018 AGENDA MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE Please Note: All attendees are welcome to

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Conference Sessions State Chber CEOs COSC ASCP Local/Metro Chbers 6:30 COSC / ASCP Welcome Reception Marigny COSC / ASCP Welcome Reception Marigny COSC / ASCP

1 Chber Federation Advocacy & Growth Conference The Intercontinental New Orleans, New Orleans, LA September 12-14, 2018 AGENDA MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE Please Note: All attendees are welcome to float between tracks to attend the sessions that are of most value to them. Exceptions to this general rule are indicated on the agenda. Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Conference Sessions State Chber CEOs COSC ASCP Local/Metro Chbers 6:30 COSC / ASCP Welcome Reception Marigny COSC / ASCP Welcome Reception Marigny COSC / ASCP Welcome Reception Marigny Wednesday, September 12, 2018 Conference Sessions State Chber CEOs COSC ASCP Local/Metro Chbers 8:30 9:30 10:00 Noon COSC Board Meeting Poydras ASCP Board Meeting Get To Know You Interview Session ASCP s welcome session to learn

2 more about our members Moderator: Aaron Miller, ASCP Chair 11:00 5:00 Noon 1:00 1:00 3:45 3:45 4:00 Registration Open LaSalle C Foyer Networking Lunch LaSalle BC Best & Worst Roundtable Sessions Consistently our top-rated session, where we invite you to share with your colleagues across the country. State Chber CEOs (only) o Room: Poydras o Moderator: Mark Wilson, President & CEO, Florida Chber COSC Government Relations & Communications o Room: Algiers o Moderators: Ashli Watts, Kentucky Chber; and Tom Schuman, Indiana Chber ASCP o Room: o Moderator: Aaron Miller, Kansas Chber Local/Metro Chbers o Room: Pelican I o Moderators: Dave Kilby, President/CEO, WACE; and Mike Neal, President & CEO, Tulsa Regional Chber Networking Break & Hotel Check-in

3 4:00 4:30 4:30 5:30 Welcome & Introductions - Honorable Mitch Landrieu, Former Mayor of New Orleans (invited) - Fred Morgan, President & CEO, Oklahoma Chber and Chair, COSC - Aaron Miller, Vice President Investor Relations, Kansas Chair, and Chair, ASCP - Joe Crosby, Executive Director, COSC - Geoff O Hara, Vice President, Regional Affairs & Advocacy, U.S. Chber Opening General Session: Innovation Hour with C_TEC and the Global Energy Institute Let s formally kick off our conference with fast-paced look at the dynism of some of our country s Smartest Cities, and what s coming down the pipe(line) as a part of North America s energy revolution. 5:30 8:30 COSC/ASCP AWARDS DINNER: 6:00 8:30 WWII Museum Metro/Local Chber Welcome Reception: 5:30 6:30 Treme Foyer Thursday, September 13, 2018 Government Relations Communications ASCP 7:30 Breakfast 8:00 8:45 General Session Breakfast Keynote: State of Play from the U.S. Chber On the heels of historic tax reform that primed the growth pump, the business community did not push the snooze button until after the midterms. Most pundits were forecasting a year of partisan acrimony after passage of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act. Special elections, primaries and general electioneering would make governing impossible, they said. The Chber federation had other ideas, and, collectively, we continue to work to clear bipartisan legislation, roll back some of the most onerous regulations on the books, and combat some of the more anti-growth efforts emanating from Washington. What lies ahead as we come down the legislative stretch to the end of the Federal Fiscal Year? What is the art of the possible in Le Duck? How will the

4 116 th Congress look? Join Neil and bring your questions! - Neil Bradley, Executive Vice President & Chief Policy Officer, U.S. Chber 8:45 9:00 Networking Break 9:00 10:00 Public Policy Roundtables LaSalle B/C Concurrent roundtable discussions led by state and U.S. Chber experts on trending public policy issues impacting the business community nationwide in 2018 and looking towards Pick two of eight. - Institute for Legal Reform - Labor Issues - Transportation - Immigration - Education & Workforce - State Implications of Federal Tax Reform Communications Track Pelican I Harnessing Digital Marketing for Advocacy and Action: We will explore how to leverage existing and emerging paid digital strategies to build coalitions, drive action, strengthen events and reach influencers. The session will be led by the U.S. Chber s Digital Marketing Director, who was previously vice president for digital operations at FP1 Strategies in Washington. - Andrew Burke, Director of Digital Marketing, U.S. Chber Intentional Membership Growth We will discuss and learn about focused areas of strategic membership growth. Walk away with tips, tools, and best practices to strengthen your membership te and division. - Shari Pash, Strategic Solutions for Growth - Healthcare & AHPs - State Strategies to Help Businesses Launch & Expand 10:00 11:00 Public Policy Roundtables (cont d) LaSalle B/C Concurrent roundtable discussions led by state and U.S. Chber experts on trending public policy issues impacting the business community nationwide in 2018 and looking towards Communications Track Pelican I Creating Powerful Content and Engaging Stories: We will explore what makes great content great, why some content falls flat, and the steps to create stories people love to read, watch and share. The session will be led by the U.S. LinkedIn as a Relevant Recruitment and Member Engagement Tool Learn steps to leverage member and industry relationships and put LinkedIn to work for you. We will discover why LinkedIn is a strategic, relevant, and relational social media tool that

5 2019. Pick two of eight. - Institute for Legal Reform - Labor Issues - Transportation - Immigration - Education & Workforce - State Implications of Federal Tax Reform - Healthcare & AHPs - State Strategies to Help Businesses Launch & Expand Chber s Senior Editor, who was previously a reporter with the Indianapolis Star and Bloomberg News. - Cordell Eddings, Senior Editor, U.S. Chber will impact your membership growth. - Shari Pash, Strategic Solutions for Growth 11:00 11:15 11:15 Noon Noon 1:30 Networking Break General Session: President Trump, National Security & the Trade Debate What s Happening & Where is this Headed? Yes, we live in uncertain and challenging global times. From counterproductive trade headwinds and (the perceived, at least) shifting tenor of some longstanding international alliances, to summits between longstanding foes and opaque elections in important nations, it is difficult to even keep up with your international newsfeed of choice. But we ve seen this dynism before, and these challenges also create opportunities if we handle them right. Certainly, Lieutenant General Christman has been at the decision-making table in previous rounds of global upheaval through his service with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to his part in negotiating tes in Israel, Syria and at NATO Command in Brussels. Christman is prepared to read you in to what worked then, and what can work today if we play our hand correctly. - LTG (Ret.) Dan Christman General Session: Luncheon Keynote Interview Congress used to fairly regularly pass budgets, appropriations bills, entitlement legislation and other historic, pro-growth policies in a bipartisan way. Honest. One could forgive an alien, who has only recently been keeping tabs on us from afar, who would surely discount this assertion as dubious nostalgia. Sure, there were fights (and earmarks!), but what gives? What has changed in Washington and in our broader body politic in the intervening years that makes a Democratic President working with a Republican Congress to unify North America in a free

6 trade zone, or a GOP Chief Executive working across the aisle to chpion African investment or K-12 education reform seem like ancient history? Let s listen to two bipartisan dealmakers who walked the walk discuss how we can find a new path, and how the business community can help. - Honorable John Breaux, Former U.S. Senator (D-LA) - Honorable Charlie Dent, Former U.S. Representative (R-PA) 1:30 2:00 2:15 2:45 Emerging Issues Breakouts Rooms? Pick One - Gerrymandering, Redistricting & the Courts (PA case study) - Chbers Taking Business News into their Owns Hands (AZ, OH & KY case studies) Emerging Issues (Cont d) Rooms? Pick One - Rural Economic Develoent (GA case study) & The Opportunity Project - What does the post-election progressive agenda look like? ASCP Afternoon Tour ASCP Members Only Mardi Gras World ASCP Afternoon Tour ASCP Members Only Mardi Gras World 5:45 Gather in lobby 6:00 8:30 Thursday Evening Reception Gallier Hall Join us in celebrating New Orleans 300 th Anniversary with a second line band parade and dinner at the recently restored, historic Gallier Hall! One of the most important structures built during the antebellum period, this Greek Revival-style building was the vision of Jes Gallier, Sr. Erected between 1845 and 1853, Gallier Hall served as City Hall for just over a century. Friday, September 14, :30 Breakfast 8:45 9:15 Breakfast General Session: Global Intellectual Property Center What s the Latest on IP Trends at Home and Abroad? You have IP-intensive industries as some of your most important, keep-the-lights-on

7 members what matters most to them? The Global Innovation Policy Center is working around the world to chpion innovation and creativity through IP standards that create jobs, save lives, advance global economic and cultural prosperity, and generate breakthrough solutions to worldwide challenges. Join us at breakfast to learn more. 9:15 10:30 Closing Keynote Session: Political Trends & Key Races Are we living in a New Gilded Age? How can our members best navigate one of the most disruptive periods in American history and what comes next? What (and where) are the knowns and unknowns that define this new age, and how can we harness their constructive power? Join Bruce as he extrapolates from lessons learned from 25 years in the Washington swp, as a former Assistant Commerce Secretary, senior Congressional staffer, corporate lobbyist and founder of a leading, bipartisan public affairs firm. - Bruce Mehlman, Founder, Mehlman, Castagnetti, Rosen & Thomas Afterward, Sara Armstrong will detail some of the most hotly-contested races of the cycle that the U.S. Chber is watching, and engage in a dialogue with the audience co-led by various state and metro chber partners who are on the front lines in races at all levels in Sara Armstrong, Vice President, U.S. Chber of Commerce 10:30 Noon State Chber CEOs Only COSC Compensation Survey Release COSC Annual Meeting ASCP Members Only Issue Cpaigns Bill Krer, MultiState Associates ASCP Membership Meeting 10:30 Conference Adjourned

NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS TRIBAL NATIONS POLICY SUMMIT 116 TH CONGRESS EXECUTIVE COUNCIL February 11-14, 2019 Capital Hilton th

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